sparseness

Example Sentences

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He toys with sparseness, then a new pitched percussion chord leads to a subtle electric guitar declaration; it’s lightly distorted, yet not driven in an overly obvious way.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

Unfortunately, the script’s sparseness too often bleeds into the dialogue which, at times, sounds remarkably wan.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2022

Yet the sparseness of Beethoven's sketches made it impossible for symphony experts to go beyond that first movement.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2021

The sparseness of trees and other vegetation near the peaks means that when fires do start in, or move to, those elevations, “they don’t get very big, and they run out of fuel,” Kolden says.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2021

A grizzle of beard edged his chin, a poor and scanty growth that showed the withered skin through its sparseness.

From The Emigrant Trail by Bonner, Geraldine